Dior recreates Paris bridge, Pont Alexandre III, for A/W 2022 show

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Dior\u2019s Kim Jones is the curatorial king of collaboration, but for A\/W 2022 the men\u2019s artistic director of the French maison was most preoccupied with celebrating the history of the brand\u2019s founder Monsieur Dior. The label\u2019s show took place in Paris on the birthday of Christian Dior \u2013 who was...

– who was born 21 January 1905 – and celebrated both 75 years since the label’s first show, and 25 years since it first collaborated with milliner Stephen Jones. ’s affection for Trianon grey, with which he decorated the walls of his Avenue Montaigne salons; and the brand’s famed New Look, which shocked the fashion world when it was showcased in 1947, with its cinched, waist-celebrating volumes and superfluous use of fabric.

A/W 2022 menswear offering, which featured soft menswear interpretations of the Bar Jacket silhouette and looks in sumptuous shades of grey, from tracksuits to tailoring. Just as Kim Jones turned his attention to the heritage of the house, so too he looked to the topographical history of its home city. The collection was unveiled on a long, majestic runway, which recreated Paris’ historic bridge, Pont Alexandre III, and offered a cinematic, sweeping vision of the city.

The bridge, which was built in celebration of the 1900 Exposition Universelle , and is a Seine-crossing stalwart of the city’s skyline, connects the Grand Palais on the Left Bank and the Petit Palais on the Right Bank. Named after Tsar Alexander III, it was designed by the architects Joseph Cassien-Bernard and Gaston Cousin in the Art Nouveau style, and features four 17m-high pylons. Gilt bronze sculptures of winged horses flank each pylon, representing Arts, Sciences, Commerce and Industry.

 

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